The most awe-inspiring part of the button was the creativity of the reddit community. We wanted to take a moment and celebrate some of the amazing things that you came up with as a result of a 60 second timer and a button.

Other than providing the simple rules in the announcement blog post, we tried to not interfere with the button wherever possible. The /r/thebutton community immediately began creating a detailed lore with myriad religions and factions, all spawning from the act of pressing or not.

redditor /u/mncke created The Squire a browser extension that would coordinate presses between those who wished to sustain the button for as long as possible. He also created The Necromancer, a program that harnessed the presses of long dead ‘zombie’ accounts to prevent the coming of the after-timer. Ultimately, however, the undead proved to be unruly.

The crazed early days where 60% of eligible viewers would press the button quickly subsided. By the fourth day only 10% of viewers were pressing; after two weeks only 5% of viewers were pressing. This was the equilibrium for the button.

All devices fell to the button. Final counts showing 66% of presses from PCs – more than three times that of Mac. Cellular platforms were also lain to waste, 11% of presses coming via Android and 3% from iPhones.

The button brought all redditors with it regardless of their tenure. The distribution of year of account for 1 and 60 second flair shows little difference.

But who was the last redditor to press the button? “The pressiah,” as the /r/thebutton community decided they would be called, whose coming would signal freedom from tyranny or the end of existence, depending on who you asked. At 2015-06-05T21:49:53.069000, a humble user named/u/BigGoron pressed the button. It was never pressed again.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the button. It was a success only due to the creativity of the reddit community. Tune in to this week’s Upvoted podcast to hear an episode about the button.(Update: Listen to the episode below!) For those wishing to reminisce on the highs and lows of the button, check out /r/ButtonAftermath.

More incredible things emerged from the button than we could have anticipated. This blogpost is just a smattering—I encourage you to share your favorite button moments in the comments.